the chief european diplomat, jose borel, urged to continue oppose russia he stated this in an interview post we must oppose russia's attempts to destroy ukraine and justify it because otherwise there is a risk of destruction any other country in the world can face a larger and stronger neighbor, i am sure that all countries agree that the sovereignty of states must be guaranteed by existing principles in accordance with the un charter putin lost the first female commander of the russian army as a result of a missile attack, the british edition of the daily mail writes about this in the newspaper it is about the death of the russian officer olga kachura, the woman did not hide that she likes to kill ukrainians, besides, putin awarded her the posthumous title of hero of russia, betrayed by her own norway's leading newspaper dakblada focused on the topic of the russian agency in ukraine on the eve of a full-scale invasion, the publication talks about enemy intelligence that penetrated the ukrainian government apparatus a long time ago, and precisely because of the lack of a proper fight ag

will have a negative impact on future generations of russians, the head of european diplomacy , jose borelainst a complete visa ban. he believes that, for example, those russians who have already left russia, and that is more than 300,000 people, they are just right er, in such an advanced class of russian society, they are theirs because they left russia during a trip at the beginning of the war, they already showed their rejection of putin's war against ukraine. well, for the visa ban, as i said noted earlier that the baltic states, the scandinavian countries, poland, the czech republic will be some kind of compromise option. the czech republic proposes that there should be no split in the european union in order to preserve unity, it proposes that there be a compromise option , namely, if not a complete ban on visas for citizens of russia, then at least the cancellation of the simplified simplified visa regime for of russian citizens , i.e. so that russians would have to wait longer for a schengen visa that they could, so that they would have to submit more documents to show, so that th

discuss this issue. to russian tourists , the vice president of the european commission, jose borel,zes that this will be an informal eu council at which no decisions will be made, but today, prague is hosting eu foreign affairs and defense ministers who also gathered here for an informal meeting besides the weasley russians on the agenda and military aid of the eu to ukraine according to the events in prague, tell the editor of the ukrainian service of radio svoboda rostyslav hoten who is now on the direct line with us rostislav greetings good evening, thank you for finding time for us tell me, please, to sum up the results, because the negotiations are two days long. but first, how does the eu respond to the most urgent needs of the ukrainian army, what initiatives are there, and in particular, regarding the training mission for the armed forces we are talking about a training mission for the armed forces of ukraine, but so far there are no details on where it will be or whether it will be on the territory of ukraine, but the eu members are mostly nato members, and nato would not w

the situation is in need of new help, very bad, the head of european diplomacy, josé borel, said in praguetoday. the ministers are there. the defense of the eu countries one of the main issues is the preparation of the ukrainian military it is planned to send a special training mission from european states another topic of introducing a complete ban on the issuance of schengen visas to russian citizens however, not all eu countries consider such a decision expedient, for example, austria opposes germany and france the death toll during the protests in iraq has risen to 30 and about 700 people were injured, according to local tv channels , riots in the center of baghdad. it began the day before, armed clashes with bilateral shiite leader sandra, who announced his departure and his political rivals broke out in the so-called green zone. there are government buildings and foreign embassies. this morning, there were reports of rocket attacks in the city , civil hour is underway, but the protests do not subside. large an accident in the yaroslavl region collided with an ambulance fuel truck a c

of those deferred until the beginning of autumn is welcomed by the head of european diplomacy, jose borel and the americans, the head of the american embassy in kosovo jeff has stated that the law on documents is absolutely appropriate and does not contradict all agreements, but it was accompanied by total misinformation and misunderstanding, so it is reasonable to postpone it until then how the consequences of its implementation will not be explained to the people. and although the roads are to be opposed. at the entrance to the four northern districts this morning, posters appeared immediately about their special status, which is not recognized by the government of kosovo, the crossing points between kosovo and serbia are still closed and i am analysarchuk tsn 1+1 marathon the only news disposable fighters in russian colonies are massively recruiting criminals for the war in ukraine prisoners are being recruited the so-called private military company wagner is managed by a billionaire founder of a russian factory close to putin internet troll yevhen prigozhyn, his mercenaries , known fo

sources, the european union must limit its opportunities, said the head of european diplomacy, jose borel emphasized that sanctions against the aggressor country have caused economic problems in the european union itself, but europe must be ready to pay for this a high price for our energy dependence, of course we will face serious challenges in the short term, it cannot be denied that gas prices are rising, but we must be ready to pay the price for freedom hungary will not support further sanctions against russian energy carriers and more in the next few weeks rosatom will start the construction of two new nuclear reactors budapest has also involved a company from the aggressor country in the expansion of its nuclear power plant and is planning long-term cooperation this is the only and i the station produces 40% of its solution. of all electricity in the country, there will be no negotiations with gazprom. bulgaria switches to importing liquefied gas, the technical government of the country announced contracts for the supply will be concluded by the next cabinet of ministers, also offic

visas for russians brussels they are not ready, the head of foreign policy of the european union, jose borelssians left their country because they do not want to live under putin's rule. we will close the door to these russians. agreement among the member states of the european union against a complete ban on tourism for russians openly advocates the gatekeeper greece and also germany in the issue what is now being publicly discussed about the issuance of visas, you always have to look at the details so i can understand the neighboring russia is the country, but this is putin's war, not the russians' war , you can never generalize like that with russia, the country has now actually become the gateway to the european union for russian tourists and those who were refused a visa by the baltic states can still get one from any other eu country and travel with it all over the eu, passing through the same baltic countries, this is how the schengen zone works, the leaders of the baltic countries and finland did not agree to european sanctions, ordinary russians did not start a war, but at the same

mission with the training of the ukrainian military, the head of diplomacy of the european union, jose borelthe intention to create a training mission for our fighters, according to the statement he made in prague on the eve of the meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the eu countries, borel also emphasized that the situation remains bad, so ukraine still needs serious support from the west, and the grain initiative continues. six ships left at once, in total there are more than 180,000 ukrainian agricultural products on board, the ministry said of infrastructure in the government noted at the same time that our state is strengthening humanitarian aid because the seized one left and the bulker is a cargo ship on board which has 38,000 tons of wheat for yemen because in this country there are 16 million people suffering from hunger. i will note that this is the second ship sent as part of the un food program. we have to pay the price of the war on european soil, the president of serbia, aleksandar vuchit, said that his country will be able to do without russian energy carriers, acco

can hardly be real opponents of russia in such a war as ukraine is currently waging, by the way, jose borel representative of the european of the union on foreign policy, it is true that in the west they were preparing for a war that involved the use of a nuclear component, but they are in a nuclear war, what can european armies do, how much do they need to improve now in your opinion, how important is the role of the ukrainian troops, for example, ours in the war with russia, starting from the 14th and 15th years of the army of the nato countries, helping us first of all, you performed the function studying our experience, how we fight with the russians and how our equipment is used, how russian is used, so far absolutely nothing has changed, the conditions have changed, only the russians have increased their business with air defense aircraft and high-precision weapons, so they continue to study our experience, and for them it is very it is interesting how we fight, how we use certain e-e means, what are our tactics, what is our strategy in general, they study it clearly. - this is then t

nuclear disaster, and the high representative of the eu for foreign affairs and security policy, jose borelto representatives of magapeia, called hitting the nuclear power plant by an irresponsible violation of safety rules at nuclear facilities and another example of russia's disregard of international norms regarding the shelling of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by russian troops volodymyr zelenskyy spoke with the president of the european council in a matter-of-fact manner, the president of ukraine said in his evening address that there is no such people in the world who can feel safe when a terrorist state is shelling a nuclear plant and, god forbid, something irreparable happens and no one stops the wind that will spread radioactive pollution. therefore, already now we need a principled response from the international community to these russian strikes on the zaporizhzhia npp, the largest in europe, the president notes. russia with its pseudo-referendums in the south of ukraine, and if someone helps the occupiers hold them, ukraine will respond in advance, the position of our st

the zaporizhzhia npp stated the head of the external political department of the european union , jose borel . another fsb agents, they helped the enemy destroy the shipbuilding infrastructure in the south of the country, the detainees were collected and handed over enemy intelligence data on important objects sleeping deployment warehouses and the movement of personnel and equipment of the armed forces as a result of the actions of this agent network destroyed and damaged several objects of the shipbuilding infrastructure of mykolaiv enemy agents were informed of the suspicion and a preventive measure was taken detention prykarpattia received household appliances for shelters where displaced persons live refrigerator microwave washing machine hair dryer in short everything to feel at home purchased the necessary thanks to the help of humanitarian aid the organization of the american actor shonapen's theme is continued by our carpathian correspondent ivan kharuk olga from kharkiv moved to ivano-frankivsk and at the beginning of april the whole family fled from the war, they could not leave t

moscow, in general, hmm, as the supreme representative of the european union on foreign policy, jose borel, every day he has to fight for the unity of europe, that's what what did the kremlin miscalculate by launching aggression against ukraine in the fact that europe will be so united and that even using the energy pressure of the creams, it will still drive a wedge of discord among european countries, but winter is ahead. and this is a big test for the unity of europeans. thanks to olya . yes, it was a bbc student, arena taraniuk , live from warsaw, and that's all for today. ukraine celebrates independence day, the world congratulates russia , continues to bomb from the sky. wagons at the railway station in dnipropetrovsk region , 15 people died, about 50 were injured , president volodymyr zelenskyy said this in a speech via video link to the un security council and all details soon on our website bbc.ua and there is also everything about the results of the meeting of the un security council, we will be on the air again tomorrow at 21:00 take care and happy independence day of ukraine, i

it is necessary to strengthen their defense capabilities - said the head of european diplomacy, jose borelummer made me think about the future, because the european armed forces have turned into a kind of bonsai army, that is, a real one but in miniature during the past 20 years, the development of european armies took place. mostly to carry out small military operations outside the european union, the country reduced its defense budgets , while the united states, china and russia only increased these costs, so borel says that now it is necessary to invest more in the field of defense and interact in order to be able to better protect the eu from possible aggression ukrainian military aviation has been demonstrating heroism and indomitable strength for the sixth month in the first days and weeks of the defense of kyiv, ghosts literally covered the sky over the capital in mariupol, at the cost of their own lives , pilots evacuated the wounded from azovsteel and delivered ammunition. at that time, the air corridor was dangerous, but the only link with the steel defenders in this war. air def

unlikely to support this initiative, said the high representative of the eu for foreign policy issues, jose borel , there will be no restrictions for all russians effective, he noted, and noted that it is worth reviewing the method of issuing visas for certain categories, in particular kremlin oligarchs. i will remind the minister of foreign affairs of the european union on august 31 that they are discussing the introduction of visa restrictions for russians. the territorial defense forces were handed battle flags. commander-in-chief valeriy zaluzhnyi more in the plot of tatyana lytvynova for the first time in the history of the armed forces of ukraine, the handover of combat flags to the territorial defense brigades of the armed forces of ukraine took place, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine valery zaluzhny noted that these flags are a symbol of military valor and glory and part of the future history of each military unit, it is precisely with this that you will accept your comrades and escort them to the service of the heavenly regiment also with this flag, the combat flag w

the european union, the high representative of the eu for foreign affairs and security policy, jose borelsaid in novoandriyivka - this is the zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers did not leave a single intact building on one of the streets, the enemy stands a few kilometers away and constantly fires farm machinery was hit with artillery , livestock was killed near the road, and the local people harvest crops in fields sown with landmines and snorts, there is not a single store, hospital or pharmacy, how do the local people survive, uh, a large family lived here, well, there are no adults or children, but there are none in the house at all nothing is strewn with shells and even dead cows on the roadside, the enemy is located two and a half kilometers from the civilians, my opinion is not to leave anything in our village, nothing to leave. the occupiers dropped from the plane calls because for the lesson , that is, the wedding ceremony from above on the street leading to the farm enterprise, there are no surviving structures at the enterprise itself, you used to be able to work locally, there

the head of european diplomacy, jose borel, is pushing very hard for the european union to create some kind of training training mission for ukraine. now things are happening on a bilateral level, some countries are helping ukraine, such as germany or former members, such as great britain, but i wanted to i wish the european union as a whole would also help train ukrainian soldiers. and if the european union says borel is doing it in africa, why can't it help ukraine which fights both for itself and for europe, this is one point, and the second point is about the minister of foreign affairs. so, the main question is whether there will be a complete ban. probably, for the time being, there will not be a complete ban on issuing visas to citizens of russia, it is obvious for now, the ministers will agree that it would be positive at least if they stopped before the cancellation of the simplified visa regime between the european union and russia, as well as the parallel one with belarus. please tell me from the speeches of the ministers, the chancellor, the prime minister -minister the cha

the war, because the european union wants to help ukraine, how about this in european diplomacy , jose borelays that some kind of mission is needed for ukraine, even more that ukraine itself aspires to the european union and is fighting now not only for itself for europe, also the second point is that visa restrictions are discussed, but so far there is no consensus , that is, that ukraine wants a complete visa ban for citizens of russia to travel to europe to the schengen zone, so far it has not passed, and borel spoke against it and made it clear that he does not support it, and france and germany had a good document, they published where they believe that it is precisely trips to europe for russians that serve of the transformational mission, it is possible to transform russians into normal people, so to speak, when they encounter european life, european democracies , therefore, despite the war , neither france nor germany sees grounds for a complete ban for the trips of the russians, hey, i spoke with the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kulev. he just argues that this thes

just using it for shopping, for tourism, for recreation er borel also said that russians today jose borela of european diplomacy said today that many russians are really going to europe, 12 million visas have been issued, but in general valid ones there is a feeling that, uh, they are in europe, as if there is no war in ukraine, that is, this question haunts many, even those who are currently against the complete visa ban, anyway, the topic is the topic is present, so there is one such moment today that went unnoticed that in the european parliament, the largest fraction of the european people's party adopted such a resolution regarding the need for a complete visa ban, there are such moments here that if the european people's party says something in the european parliament, then sometimes it is somehow projected onto the decision of this european parliament. if the european parliament accepts something, it is then transferred to the european commission and other european bodies, so it is clear that those who filled out the ban will not stop there. they will continue to pressurize and alr

this is a direct violation of nuclear security around the world, the head of european diplomacy , jose borelvinced that he condemns russia's military activities around the zaporizhzhia npp - this is serious and an irresponsible violation of nuclear safety rules and another example of russia's disregard for international rules of the international atomic energy agency. the chief controller of nuclear power on the planet has to gain access to the megate the other day. inspection of the situation at the golden air base is very difficult to get there because it requires the understanding and cooperation of a number of parties of course this is ukraine this is a ukrainian facility so consent is required the ukrainian side in order to get there, at the same time the plant is occupied by russia, do everything to expel the russians from the ukrainian nuclear power plant, this is the task of the world, according to president volodymyr zelenskyi, this is an outright audacious crime, an act of terror, russia must bear responsibility for the very fact of creating a threat to the nuclear power plant, and

defense cooperation in the field of defense, it is also clear that as the head of european diplomacy jose borelaid, if the european union has military training missions in africa , so why can’t ukraine have one with ukraine, which is fighting not only for itself, but also for europe, for european values, it protects europe. therefore, it is one the second point is the visa, of course. well, regarding the news, it is clear that so far there is no consensus. there is no majority of countries in the european union of 27. there is no majority . there are countries that oppose the schengen zone on a trip to a united europe, from which there is no such concert. i won't name them. but the main thing is that france and germany are currently opposed - these are the locomotives of the european union, especially germany and france. that is, they are the most important, most powerful countries in the european union, the leaders of the eu, and they still see no reason to announce a complete ban on e-e for citizens of the russian federation to travel to europe. - the simplified visa regime with russia, which

therefore they must respond to security challenges together, this is how the chief european diplomat jose borelwered the question of a journalist of the austrian publication kronen seitung for his in words, before the war in europe was far away, now the drama and tragedy are returning, therefore, according to mr. borel, it is necessary to continue to limit the economic opportunities of russia, while he agreed that the prices of energy carriers are rising, but still the quote of the chief diplomat of the european union we must be ready to pay the price for the freedom of a russian can be banned in to travel to the territory of the european union under a simplified procedure this was reported by the financial times with reference to own sources, the appropriate decision can be made the ministers of foreign affairs of the eu during an informal meeting in the capital of the czech republic, it is scheduled for august 30 and 31, if they agree to cancel the agreement on a simplified regime for russians to cross the borders of eu member states, then this will be a compromise with the governments of tho

of those postponed until the beginning of autumn is welcomed by the head of european diplomacy, jose borelicans, the head of the american embassy in kosovo, jeff goveje, said that the law on documents is absolutely appropriate and does not contradict all agreements, but it was accompanied by total misinformation and misunderstanding, so it is wise to postpone it until the consequences of its implementation are explained to the people. and although the protesters are starting to unblock the roads at the entrance to four northern districts this morning, posters appeared about their special status , which the government of kosovo does not recognize, the checkpoints between kosovo and serbia are still closed, and i'm on slisarchuk tsn 1+1 marathon, the only news, one-time fighters in russian colonies are recruiting en masse criminals are recruiting prisoners for the war in ukraine the so-called private military company wagner is managed by a billionaire close to putin, the founder of the russian internet troll factory yevhen prigozhin, his mercenaries are known for their brutality took part in

uh, eu high representative for foreign affairs and security policy josé borel believes that a completell not receive unanimous support in the eu, let me remind you the foreign ministers of 27 countries. uh, tomorrow at an informal meeting in prague will discuss a unified approach to the visa issue in relation to citizens of our country. someone may not support, based on specific economic interests, those countries where, in particular, russian tourist flow, will certainly put forward their objections, therefore, most likely, the decision will be made by individual countries. this is, so to speak , on an intellectual basis, and this, of course, will also affect the interaction of the prescribed union as a whole, but still it will not happen. uh, such a drastic measure as closing the entire schengen zones, but for russian citizens. finland, as promised, from september 1, introduces a new procedure for obtaining short-term tourist visas for russians. so now citizens of our country can apply for a visa only on mondays and only in four visa centers in moscow in st. petersburg, petrozavodsk

we are now prioritizing that this is the smartest decision for today, and eu high representative josé borelng, the hungarian foreign minister hungary, by the way, was against the ban. and now the two-day trip with you ended and the most curious one was motivated anyway. this decision to cancel, the simplified regime most often there is no conflict in ukraine, the strange members decided, that this cannot continue, we have already banned visas for some supporters of the russian authorities, but we decided that more needs to be done and agreed and agreed on the next steps. so far, only a political decision has been made, not a legal one. so, first of all, we agreed. cancel the visa facilitation agreement completely cancel once again i remind you that a number of eastern european countries, the baltic countries and the czech republic, which is the eu chairman this year, and here, by the way, the issue to consider the embassy's visa application will be on its own, who will monitor the rejection rate. to cancel the simplified regime is one thing, but to find arguments for refusing to issue a vis

so serious that the germans and the french do not hesitate to publicly rebuff them, and even josé borelit to moscow, cannot be called a friend in the russian federation, but nevertheless, even he rejected. this approach is absolutely inhumane. i would say, collective responsibility - this, in general, does not correspond to any principles of democratic european, so let's see what will develop there. i can guess the maximum. here uh. i don't think there will be any split. here the optimal technical solution will be found. it is obvious. this is what the germans explain to these balts and poles and barrels. well, what are you so stupid saying, let's do it. so you will not formally ban anything. and nothing will really come out. and that's it, you know what, well, what not, when they can do it with you? this is the five, and you nailed the poles. unfortunately. there they are finland trying, but at the level of the european union, the greeks. yes, the germans, the french, the italians did not allow this. this means that a decision will be made, and a radical apology from the sport to the i

personnel, but as the head of european diplomacy jose barrell said before the meeting today, a decision on this issue has been made will not be, according to boreld the idea of ​​training ukrainian reservists at its own expense and on its territory, even before the start of the conflict in ukraine, the current situation in the combat zone. the diplomat called it very bad, so the eu countries will continue to provide assistance to kiev, including the supply of weapons. the problem is, admitted barrell, that these supplies already threaten to reduce the defense capability of the eu states themselves, we will discuss. how can arms production be increased? and also how to expand military procurement, because the stocks on our folds are running out. we provide ukraine with so many weapons that now we need to fill our own arsenals. and two or three more, in the liberated territories of the donetsk republic, five departments of the traffic police have already started working on the highways; today in the ministry of internal affairs of the donetsk people's republic swearing. before that , all those who grew up here and live all remained faithful to the